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Aug 25, 2020

New town homes give students cool housing option

When 探花精选 upperclassmen returned for the new academic year on Saturday and Sunday, they had an exciting new option for their campus residential living. Earlier this month, Heidelberg completed construction of the Main Street Town Homes, located at the intersection of Main and Hedges streets, on the south side of the campus. The new
Aug 20, 2020

Heidelberg board approves academic program prioritization plan

After more than a year of strategic discussions by senior leadership, followed by a thorough review process involving faculty and recommendations made by faculty members and senior leadership, the 探花精选 Board of Trustees has approved recommendations for the new Educational Programming Strategy and Strategic Academic Programs
Aug 20, 2020

Class of '20 banner unveiled

Although it didn鈥檛 get its traditional unveiling, the Class of 鈥20 banner is ready to take its rightful place in Heidelberg鈥檚 history. A group of 14 now-graduates from the Class of 鈥20 combined their talents to plan the design of the banner before COVID-19 interrupted their final semester. COVID-19 also caused the cancellation of graduation, so the
Aug 14, 2020

Prof's article: Why people react to mask-wearing

Heidelberg marketing professor Dr. Salil Khetani and a counterpart in India have had an article published in the mainstream Indian newspaper The Hindu Business Line. The article addresses how to overcome mask reactance. Salil and his co-author, Anuj Kapoor, explain that reactance occurs when we feel our freedom is being suppressed by an authority
Aug 13, 2020

OAC unveils spring schedules for FB, WSOC, MSOC, VB

Below is the statement from the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) regarding the scheduling of fall sports postponed by COVID-19. Links for the updated schedules are listed below. The Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) has announced preliminary spring competition schedules for the three team sports that were postponed this fall due to COVID-19. The
Aug 13, 2020

Long-time 鈥楤erg archivists call it a career

Heidelberg鈥檚 Archives is like a window to the past, where the institution鈥檚 history and memorabilia live. For the past 14 years, Professor Emeritus of German Dr. Bob Berg and his wife, Dorothy, have been the keepers of the Archives. During their time as archivists, these Class of 鈥65 alumni made a great deal of progress in both organizing the
Jul 24, 2020

Announcement on OAC Athletic Competition through 2020

July 24, 2020 Dear Heidelberg Community, This morning, the Ohio Athletic Conference Presidents Council voted unanimously to postpone all NCAA intercollegiate athletic competition through December 31, 2020, amid the continued and growing concern of COVID-19. The fall sports that have intercollegiate competition postponed include cross country
Jul 23, 2020

Alum, bio teacher wins national award

Chris Monsour, 鈥99, an AP biology teacher at Tiffin Columbian High School, has been recognized by the National Association of Biology Teachers with The Kim Foglia AP Biology Service Award. Tiffin City Schools announced the national award 鈥 the top award an AP biology teacher can attain. The award recognizes the AP biology teacher who displays a
Jul 15, 2020

鈥20 grad going the extra mile(s) in charity bike ride

In the spring semester, senior Tyler Barker launched a GoFundMe fund-raiser to help his friend, Darnell Cooley, the morning cook in Heidelberg鈥檚 dining hall, who is battling cancer. He set out with a goal of $15,000; his 鈥淒ollars for Darnell鈥 campaign raised more than $7,000. Now, Tyler going the extra mile 鈥 or 450 miles, to be exact 鈥 on a
Jul 10, 2020

探花精选 Statement on Values, Beliefs, and Actions

The following letter was sent to all members of the campus community today from Heidelberg Board of Trustees Chair Kathy Geier and President Rob Huntington. July 10, 2020 Dear Heidelberg Community, On behalf of 探花精选, speaking as the Chair of the Board of Trustees and the President of the University, we believe and advocate that
Jul 10, 2020

NCWQR a key player in lake algal bloom prediction

Dr. Laura Johnson, director of Heidelberg's NCWQR, was one of the partner scientists, researchers and educators who shared data Thursday as part of the annual prediction of the seriousness of the Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) on western Lake Erie this summer. The experts 鈥 all research partners of NOAA 鈥 presented their findings during a webinar at
Jul 9, 2020

President joins human trafficking awareness campaign

Mega-stars such as Bradley Cooper, Justin Timberlake and Ashton Kutcher are taking part, and now, so is Heidelberg鈥檚 president, Rob Huntington, and Tiffin Mayor Aaron Montz, 鈥08. They have joined people all over the world who have taken and posted photos on social media, using the hashtag 鈥淩eal Men Don鈥檛 Buy Girls鈥 to raise awareness about human
Jul 9, 2020

Tiffin ranked top city for renting

The city of Tiffin is among the nation鈥檚 best in terms of renting. According to website LendEDU, Tiffin has been nationally recognized as one of the most budget-friendly cities in the country for renters. According to LendEDU, the cities and towns featured in this report, like Tiffin, are great places for young adults to rent an apartment or home
Jun 26, 2020

Passing of Trustee Emeritus Rev. Dr. Ralph Quellhorst, '59

President Rob Huntington shared this announcement and his personal reflections about the passing earlier this week of Rev. Dr. Ralph Quellhorst. June 26, 2020 The Heidelberg community, the United Church of Christ community and indeed the world has lost a giant of a human being, a loyal alumnus and the ultimate servant leader with the passing of the
Jun 19, 2020

Worth the wait: New Athletic Training grad program accredited

It鈥檚 been a process three years in the making. 探花精选 has received accreditation by the Commission on the Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (CAATE), and will begin offering a new Master鈥檚 of Athletic Training degree in the fall of 2021. 鈥淭he Athletic Training faculty and staff are excited to get started and enroll our
Jun 18, 2020

Bill Groman '58, NFL record holder, passes away

Bill Groman '58, an NFL record holder and an ardent supporter of 探花精选, has passed away. He was 83 years old. A native of Tiffin, Groman was an All-American in 1957 playing for College Football Hall of Fame inductee Paul Hoernemann. That season, his senior campaign, Groman led the nation with 19 touchdown receptions. He inducted
Jun 18, 2020

MAC professor to lead state counseling group

Dr. DoHee Kim-Appel, associate professor of graduate counseling, has been elected president-elect of the Ohio Counseling Association, the professional organization representing all licensed counselors and those in graduate training to become counselors. Adrianne Johnson, past president of the Ohio Counseling Association and chair of OCA鈥檚
Jun 18, 2020

Senior recitals go virtual

Senior recitals are the culminating experience for Heidelberg music majors, celebrated with pride and joy by students, families and faculty members alike. But when COVID-19 disrupted the spring semester, sending students home at the midway point, seniors Emma Breyley, Marques Johnson and Will Sweeney had to reimagine their recitals and instead of
Jun 17, 2020

Annual Pride event turns to caravan

For the second year, the community organization Seneca Proud recently hosted Pride events in the Tiffin community. Current and past MAC students Courtney Hughes Ksenich, Savannah Long and Autumn Crawford, as well as Professor Dr. Meagan McBride, all helped to organize the year's events. In light of COVID-19, Seneca Proud hosted the area's first
Jun 17, 2020

MAC students, faculty raise awareness about inclusion

Graduate counseling student Autumn Crawford took the lead in planning and organizing an event in downtown Tiffin to raise awareness about racism and to create a community of inclusion and solidarity. Autumn organized Chalk It Up for Black Lives Matter on Sunday, June 14. She shared resources for those in attendance, encouraging participants to
Jun 15, 2020

Alums 鈥榗limb mountain together鈥 for UCH during pandemic

Jean Smith, 鈥02, became the new administrator of Fairhaven Community in Upper Sandusky, Ohio, just five weeks before the COVID-19 pandemic hit Ohio. In his 30 years working in long-term care, Dan Miller, 鈥90, executive director of Parkvue Community in Sandusky, Ohio, has planned for pandemics but never imagined we鈥檇 see such a widespread public
Jun 15, 2020

Congratulations to Spring 2020 Dean's List students

Heidelberg is pleased to share the names of the 512 students whose outstanding academic achievements in the spring 2020 semester have landed them on the dean鈥檚 list. According to Provost Dr. Beth Schwartz, students who earn dean鈥檚 list recognition must be enrolled full time and meet university academic criteria. Spring Semester Dean鈥檚 List: 鈥
Jun 12, 2020

Ferri named WBB head coach

TIFFIN -- 探花精选 Athletic Director Matt Palm announced Friday the hiring of Rachel Ferri as the new head women's basketball coach. Ferri comes to Heidelberg following a two-year stint as an assistant coach at Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Va. "Early on in the search process, Rachel rose to the top of an extremely
Jun 10, 2020

Alumni respond to pandemic in work, communities

We recently reached out to our alumni to get their perspectives about how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected their work. Here, we hear from six alumni working in a broad spectrum of fields, about how life has changed over the past few months and how they have responded. Julia (Lachowski) Palombi, 鈥16, is a social worker in the emergency department